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　When the dwarves are all present, before any of them get drunk, they announce

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The plan I am about to explain to you is a very dangerous one. The plan I am going to explain to you is very dangerous and difficult. It will not work if even one of you is a coward. If you cannot conquer your fear, leave.

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　He was the first to say so, but there were many Dwarves who were brave by nature, and none of them would back down here.

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"Very well, it seems that no Dwarf is a coward.

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　After confirming this, I revised the success rate of the operation upward.

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　I raised it from fifty to seventy percent.

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　I turned to Godreve and asked him for a map of the mine.

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　Godreve pulls it out of his pocket.

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　A young man stops him.

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"Chief, that is a map that is not to be shown to anyone but Dwarves. Can I show it to someone I've never met before?

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It is good. I have observed this young Demon Lord since I first met him. His boldness in the face of the servants of Eligos, the sadness in his eyes as he slayed the corpses of our people. And the mercy he showed in sharing his food with the Dwarven children. Perhaps he is the legendary Demon Lord."

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　It was Eve who shared the cookies.

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　And then Eve asked the chief.

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"What is the legendary Demon King?

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The legendary Demon King is a demon king in our folklore.

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　He appears in a black robe.

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　He is a demon king with a kind heart,

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　A king among kings who combines ruthlessness and mercy,

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　He will bring gospel not only to the dwarves, but to all the races of this world in time.

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　The chief explains.

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　Eve, the maid of honor, heard this lore,

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"It is as you should expect from your master."

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He praises me.

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　Saint Jeanne..,

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"The Demon King is amazing."

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　He said.

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　Both of them are looking at me with passion, and I wonder if it is tactless to say that most of the demon kings seem to wear black robes. I will refrain from saying it.

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　I don't think that I am the Demon Lord of the lore, but I still want to be a Demon Lord that the Dwarves can trust.

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　I look at the map of the tunnels.

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　There are many tunnels, some narrow, some wide.

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　I looked for a wide space among them.

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　I found a suitable place and pointed to it.

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"Mister Gottlieb, is this a wide space?

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It's wide horizontally, but not so much vertically."

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Then this is just the place for a decisive battle.

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"Nonsense, we're at a dead end. We're trapped. There's nowhere to run.

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Do you know the term "backwater"?

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"I know, but do you want us to fight as dead soldiers?"

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I'm not such a scoundrel. This mission is dangerous, but if it succeeds, almost everyone will return alive.

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"I don't know. Sha'Artur's force must be well over a hundred.

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"We'll round them up. But first, I need you to get some good miners and dig a hole.

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"A pit?　The Shahrtals are very cautious."

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I would never do such a childish thing.

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　I remembered the recent battle with Sabnak, but I dared not speak of it.

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"Also, gather all the explosives in this village and place them here and here.

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　He points to a map.

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"I see, I see!　We're going to gather them here and round them up with explosives."

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"That's right. In the rubble, you will repent for what you have done.

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"It's a great plan, but if you detonate that many explosives, the ones who set the fire won't get away with it."

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　The chief's face clouds over, but he tells them not to worry.

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"Don't worry. I'm the one who lights the fuse. I will not sacrifice the dwarves.

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"My God!　The Demon Lord!

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　Hearing this, Eve's expression changed.

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"Master!　I will not!　I will not have my precious body scattered in a place like this."

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"Of course I won't. I'm a magician too. As soon as I light a fire, I'll move on.

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I see. I see. So we don't have to stay there the moment the fire is ignited.

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"We can move as fast as 50 meters or so."

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"Then we're in the safe zone."

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　The Dwarf chieftain gave his assurance, but Eve was still not convinced.

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　Jeanne, however, seems to like the plan and puts her hand on Eve's shoulder.

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"Maid, don't you trust the Demon King?　The Demon King wouldn't screw up. A good woman sometimes trusts a man and keeps her mouth shut."

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　Eve doesn't need you to tell her what a good woman is!　But he seemed to have kept his moderation by his silence.

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　After that, he stopped interrupting my plans.

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"Okay, we've got the gist of it now," he said. How long will it take the Dwarven miners to dig a pit?　Lord Godreve."

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"The side hole where we will escape. Yes, that's right..."

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　The dwarf chieftain raises his finger in the air and says "three".

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"Three days... that's sooner than I expected."

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"No way, I mean dig it in 30 hours."

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"Thirty hours?

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　He shouts in surprise.

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"We have very little food left. Besides, the Witch King has prepared the best plan. And we want to be a part of it.

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　His face and words were full of chivalry.

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　He swallows the words, "You don't have to do so much.

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　Godreve, the Dwarf chief, is a brilliant man who draws a map on the spot and arranges for materials.

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　He seems to be the best engineer in the dwarven village.

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　I am convinced that they will be successful in digging a hole.

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　Then all I had to do was train a force to lure out Eligos' army.

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　Since the strong miners would be the ones digging the holes, the ones who would lure them out would be the blacksmiths or farmers.

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　The dwarves, though less strong than the miners, still all looked strong.

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　I followed the dwarves to the training hall in the underground city.

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　There I teach them how to use spears and swords.

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　However, I am not very familiar with how to handle weapons, so I leave this part to Saint Jeanne.

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　She is the hero who brought the Hundred Years War to an end.

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　Although she is a woman, I thought she would at least be better with weapons than I am.

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　In fact, she was teaching the dwarves how to fight, her golden hair swinging in the air.

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　Saint Jeanne smiles and whispers to me.

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I am a peasant child. I know how strong their legs and feet are. They make good spearmen with a little training."

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　When he was fighting in France, he even organized a troop of peasants.

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　This is reassuring.

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　I left everything in the hands of the beautiful saint and caught some wild mice.

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"Are you going to eat it ......?"

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　Jeanne raises her eyebrows at me, but there is no way I will eat it.

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　This is a sacrifice to be used as a messenger.

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　If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will not be in danger in a hundred battles.

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　Now that we knew the strength of our forces, we wanted to get more detailed information about the army of Eligos.

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　Godreve said that it would be no more than 100, but even if it was 100, it would be 10 demons. There is too much difference in strength between 0 and 100 zombies.

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　I also wanted to find out more about the commander, a man named Shaltar.

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　He is the second-in-command of the Demon Lord Eligos, and was in charge of the unit that attacked the Dwarven village.

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　A necromancer who killed dwarves and created zombies.

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　He must be a grim-looking fellow.

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　I have not seen his face yet, but I am sure of it.

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