"Caucasus, Belzebub. Do you have any ideas on how to round up all the demons on this level in one shot?

I asked, and ......2 began to have a strategy meeting.


If you can wipe out all the demons in this level in one shot.
This level is a one-time respawn field, so the same number of demons that you wiped out will come back the moment you defeat them.

If you do this repeatedly, ...... you will be able to achieve an overwhelming efficiency in defeating the monsters, which is absolutely impossible in other places.

If I continue to do this intensively, I will be able to increase my magic power and divine power by leaps and bounds.

In other words, by taking advantage of the characteristics of the hierarchy, we can all achieve rapid growth together.


However, at 297 levels, the strength of the demons will be considerable, so even if it is easy to say ...... annihilate, the difficulty of doing so will be considerable.

The problem is whether or not the two of them have the means to carry it out. ...... All you can do is hope they come up with a good plan.

While thinking about this, I decided to wait for the two animals to finish their strategy meeting.


After a while, ......2 all of them reminded me, "It's done.

"What kind of method is that?

"We're going to use a 'non-explosive explosive gas'."

I asked, and Belzebub answered.

'Non-explosive explosive gas?

'Yes. I can create a gas that increases the explosive power in exchange for making it harder to explode. If I fill this level with it and have the Caucasus detonate it, it'll go bang and I'll be happy.

"Oh, I see. ......

Is it possible to make such a gas?
If you're looking for the best way to get the most out of your business, you're going to want to make sure that you're getting the most out of your business.

"Caucasus, can you detonate that gas?

"Belzebub knows well my limits. Belzebub knows my limitations. He should be able to generate a gas that will detonate just in time. I'm sure you'll be able to find something to help you out.

So the two of them are working together perfectly.
Then let's give it a try.

"Well, try it out.

I climbed up the ...... stairs and retreated to level 296.
I then activated my detection spell so that I could detect any changes in the number of demons on level 297.



After a while, a violent vibration came from the ground with a ...... deafening roar.

I had been observing the 297th level with my clairvoyance, but ...... my vision had turned red and I couldn't see anything.

However, my detection magic clearly showed that the scorpion demons on the 297th level had been wiped out ...... and returned to their original population as the effects of the explosion subsided.

It looks like the mission was a success.
I descended the stairs leading to the 297th level to see the two animals.


When I descended the stairs, I found ...... two of them slumped on the floor.

"Good work. It looks like you made it.

...... Ah. But ...... one shot of magic can be so exhausting. ......
That's true. I'm more exhausted than I thought I'd be.

It seems that the magic has completely exhausted both of them.

You can do this ......, but it's not very efficient with magic, is it?
Belzebub is right. It's not like you can sacrifice all of your detonation magic for this kind of power, and it's useless in other places. ......

These are the thoughts of Caucasus and Belzebub.
It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.


It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. ...... It's true that ...... this method throws away too much of the magic efficiency.
It's overwhelmingly time-efficient, but it's hardly worth the cost if you're exhausted after one shot.

But I've already thought of a solution.

It's a generalization to say that you can't use inefficient methods of defeating magic.
In special situations, such as ...... where you can always get a potion that restores all your magic power, it can't be a disadvantage.

And now we can refine any number of elixirs with materials from the 296 levels.

This means that it is best to abandon magical efficiency and continue with the current strategy.

"Well, let's drink this for now.

I mixed the elixir with flavor enhancers to make it easier to drink, and gave it to Caucasus and Belzebub.
And while they were drinking it, I decided to tell them what to do.

While you're working on the current plan, I'm going to go upstairs and collect as many menkib flowers as I can. Then I'll bring them here so we don't run out of elixir. That way, we can keep fighting the way we are forever, right?

"Sure.
"Ah, there you go.

Both of them readily agreed to my plan of action.

And so our elixir-consuming massacre plan began.



I'm sure you'll agree.



And ...... two months passed with this plan going on unhurriedly.

Although we were in a position to collect materials for awakening and evolving, ...... we wanted to carefully decide on new followers when we had plenty of time.
As long as I was confident that I could develop the ability to compete with Suzaku through this plan, I decided to continue with this strategy until Suzaku made a move.

I heard that it would be a little while before we could get an audience with the king.
The only other thing I did was to go to the ground periodically to check if Suzaku was moving.

Since I was running low on elixir, I gave Belzebub the seeds of the Menkiv Flower and asked him to make a new elixir.
Just as I was about to finish it, I received a message from Artemis at .......

"Valerius, may I have a word?

"Yeah. What's up?

I've been observing the ground, and ...... I've found something a little strange. I was wondering if you could check it out for me.