"I'm afraid the meaning of this sentence may be a message to the Demon King.

　The canon announces with a serious expression.

'A message to the Demon King?'

　I parrot the canon's words back to the question.

'My kindred and avenging enemies, M's - this 'M' is supposed to refer to the Demon King.

　Kanon may have awakened, but his usual lispy tone of voice is ringing off the hook.

''M = Demon King. What's the basis for that?''
'Yes. The rationale is the ciphertext that follows. 'Understand the text and recognize me as your kindred', and the ciphertext is prefaced with 'H: S1, R2, B3, W3, G5 R: W1, K2', which is a string of alphanumeric characters.
Sure, it says it all.
'What does the H stand for?　I guessed that this H is the 'underling'. Then S = Slime, R = Rat, and B = Bat.

　I listen to Kanon's words and then look down at the ciphertext again.

　--!

　Then the cryptic text comes into view in a different way than it did earlier.

'Maybe it's more accurately, 'the creation of a subordinate'.
'Yes!　In other words, the alphabet - the number attached after the race underneath is the CP required for creation. In the same way, the rest of the alphanumeric values can be read...
R = 'smelting'; W is ... WoodSword, or is it WoodSword, and K is Knife?
'Sir, sir!　It's as good as it gets, Mr. Zion!

　When I guess the correct answer, the canon jumps around and expresses its joy.

''You mean that this text was written by some demon king and addressed to a number of demon kings?''

''That's right. There are many stupid Demon King who reveal their creation on the net, but no Demon King has ever revealed their creation CP as far as I could find on the net. That means that the owner who wrote this article, who knows the CP necessary to create his subordinates, is definitely the Demon King.

'And whoever writes this is understood to be the Demon King and feels that they can work together, is to email me at the email address listed here?

I suppose so. What would you like to do?

　Kanon asks me.

"Don't go around...

Perhaps, but isn't it true that we don't need a Demon King who can't understand this level of understanding?

　The moment I said that I couldn't decipher this degree, I was somewhat irritated to see the canon with a puckered nose.

''Speaking of which, on a different note, I received an offer from Saburou to ''absorb'' the canon, can I accept it?

What...?　Isn't that too much of a change of subject?　.........I'm sorry. What can I do to get him to forgive me........ I guess I should get down on my knees........ Ah!　But if it's Sion-san, it's not a suck--
So, back to the point... what do you think this guy is up to?

　Kanon's face paled and he shuddered a little. After that, I had a feeling he was going to make a stupid suggestion, so I decided to return to the conversation.

''--NA!　Was there any meaning to the conversation we just had?!
''No.''

　To say the least, I was just irritated by the smug canon. With a sigh of relief, I guessed the purpose of the Lord posting on the board.

'Possibility number one: to establish a friendship... or a treaty for mutual non-interference?　Or more alliances than that?　However, this text was addressed to an unspecified number of Demon Kings. If that's the case, we don't even know where the Demon King is located. If the owner of the writing is the Demon King from Hokkaido, is there any need to make an alliance with me in Kanazawa?　....no.

　I dare to mutter aloud to gather my thoughts and to tell Kanon.

''Ugh........Sion-san's soliloquy has begun. And it's complete all by itself.

''U........you. In the meantime, don't miss out on the possibility of discussing this with your self-styled chief of staff, okay?
Huh?　Yes!

　

Possibility #2: Information sharing. Humanity is using the Internet to share information. The hazard rank of the dominant domain. Class characteristics. Information on where to class up........it's like a strategy site for the Demon King. In contrast, it's hard to share information about the Demon King due to its nature. But........here's the problem. Canon, what are the disadvantages of sharing information via the internet?

What?　That's a quiz show?　Well, um....
Shame we're out of time. The correct answer is that the information will be exposed to humanity and countermeasures will be developed. But is there a way out of this problem...?
Are you suggesting that we build a site that can only be accessed by certain people, the Demon King?
Tch!　Correct.
What?　Why are you using your tongue?

　In order to keep the audience occupied, he used a quiz format, but if it was easily answered, it wasn't as interesting as it could be.

''For example........the Demon King who wrote this text has made an effort to avoid exposing himself as a Demon King. In other words, he's collecting Demon Kings who can share information without being exposed to humanity?　The advantage of being able to browse the information sites that only the demon king can browse is great. However.........the question is whether you have more meaningful knowledge than you can get from canon.

'What?　I beg your pardon?　I'm not going to give you that last part again--
Possibility #3: Trap. A trap for the Demon King who is trying to get information from another Demon King. A trap set by the human race based on the information obtained from the Demon Lord.
Basically, humans.........　Including a former human demon king, they're all irredeemable creatures.

　Darkness overflows from the canon.

'My guess is something like this. Taking possibility one out of the equation, what do you think of canon?
Hmmm........when you put it that way, it's difficult.

　Kanon twisted his head and struggled for an answer.

'By the way, you'd send them an email. And let's say you're invited, right?　At that point, is there any chance that we'll be at a disadvantage?
If I don't give you some information, what do you think you're gonna do?
'Canon. I mean, there were a few smartphones we took from humanity that we could use, right?
I've got over 10 phones that I've initialized and made available.
'Let's get a free email and send an email on the appropriate phone.
Copy that.

　Having decided on a policy, Kanon and I immediately began to prepare.

We've got an email address!
''Which one........--!

　The email address Kanon got was '[email protected]'.

''Kanon........this email address is.......''
'What?　What is it?
No, it's nothing I can't just send you a blank email?
I'll send it to you.

　In response to my donning, Kanon operates his smartphone with a big smile on his face.

　--~♪

　I sent a blank email and the reply was immediate.

'Show me proof that you are a kindred M.'

How would you like me to respond?
'Well why don't you just reply 'H: K = 10. D = 50'?'
'Kobolds and Dark Elves!　Copy that.

　Then, this time, I didn't get a reply back.

'This text has been posted on various message boards, hasn't it?
Yeah.
Maybe there's a lot of prank mail and junk mail that's taking a while to scrutinize.
I suppose that's possible.

　Eventually, after three days of waiting, no reply came, and Lina and Chloe arrived at the dominion territory where the two demon kings existed. I left the dominion area to join the invasion.