One day, out of the blue, that thing appeared in front of me.

　It was a creature in the shape of a human.


　It was a monster in the shape of a human.

　I would occasionally come to the human world to make preparations for the day I would eventually become the Demon King.

　On that day, I was negotiating with the chief of the Ogre tribe, who was going to be recruited as an executive of the Demon King's army.

''Then, is it okay to take ten ogres from this clan into the Demon King's army as a fighting force?

'Yes, sir. I cannot offer you many, but they are all very strong men. I'm sure they will be of great help to you, Lady Citry.

'Ten bodies are enough. I was shown one of them just now, and it was quite well trained. They will do a wonderful job for the evil gods.

What a waste of time.

By the way, Chief.

Yes. What is it?

You're........you're really strong. What do you think, do you want to become a leader of the Demon King's army?

'Ha-ha. Come on, Master Citry, play with me. What can I do with an old man like this? Please forgive me, young man, for I am the most powerful man in the family.

Mmm. I'm not yet worthy of your service, I suppose...

No, no!　I don't think that's the case.

''I understand. I'll build a Demon King's Army that you'll want to be a leader of!　After all, I have time on my hands.

　At that time, I thought that I would be the Demon King for at least a hundred years.

''When I have created the strongest Demon King's army of all time, I will prepare a chair for you as an executive. At that time, please don't refuse my invitation, okay?

　I looked him straight in the eye.
　The Chief seemed to believe that I was serious.

''I'm in awe. If you're willing to go that far, please add me to the Demon King's military leadership. But the condition is to create the strongest Demon King's Army of all time...?

I...　I know what I'm doing!

　At this time, I was in high spirits.

　The legendary ogre who had fought three times against brave men in the past and survived by fighting them off was now on the verge of becoming a leader of the Demon King's army.

''Then first, let me introduce the ten young men who will be added to Citry-sama's command.

Nice to meet you.

　The ogre chief and his home away from home...


　It was standing there.

"Whoa!　I found a strong looking ogre!　It looks cool, and it's just right for the eighteenth level floor boss.

　It was a human-shaped, na-ni-ka.

　An enormous mass of magical power.

　It moved like a human and spoke in a bright voice like a child excited to find a rare toy.

'Oh, what are you?　Who are you?

'Please step aside, Master Citry. This thing is ... strong.

　The Ogre Chief stepped forward to protect me.

　The aura he wore was completely different from the one he had negotiated with me earlier.

　The legendary ogre was seriously wary of us.

　That's how different that thing in front of us was.

'How did you get here?　There must have been an ogre on guard.

I beat them all.

Wha...?
Yeah, I see.

　I couldn't believe it.
　It was because I didn't feel the slightest hint of a battle.

　But when I searched the magic around me, I didn't see a single ogre in motion.

　And by all of them, he meant all of the hundred or so ogres that were in the village, not just the ogre on guard.

　The chief seemed to notice.

"Run away, Lord Citry," he said.
What?

　The chieftain didn't take his gaze off that guy and told me to run away in a whisper.

''He slaughtered my clan without giving us any sign of a battle. Do you understand what this means?

　The chief's voice was serious.

''Perhaps I won't be able to beat him either. But I'll at least buy you time to let Sitley-sama escape!

　At the same time as his words, the Chief pounced on the human-shaped thing.

　The fact that the ground he stepped on was heavily caved in suggests that the speed of the chief's lunge was incredibly fast.

　And yet...

Wheeze, yeah!　If he's this strong, you should have brought a proper weapon.

　That fellow received the Chief's rush with a two-meter long, black, slender piece of stick without a care in the world.

''Master Citry!　While we're at it!

　The chief's words brought me back to my senses.

　I was going to return to the demon world, but...

My God... the transference gate...
''Citry-sama, hurry!''

　I was hurriedly hurried by a voice that was filled with impatience from the chief who was furiously beating the human-shaped magical masses.

　But I couldn't return to the demon world.

''Te, the transition gate won't open!
"...Wha?

　The transition gate to return to the demon world didn't open, no matter how many times I tried.


No, you can't. There's no way I'm going to let you go.
"...?

　A single body of a monster has already appeared.

　The human-shaped monster that was fighting with the chief was a different individual that appeared in front of me.

　I don't want to believe it, but that one seemed to be interfering with my transition.


''d*mn it!''
''Whoa!''

　The chief enlarged his right hand and struck the humanoid he was fighting with it, blasting it away, holding my body and breaking away from the scene.

　The humanoid in front of me didn't seem to want to fight, and I managed to escape, my movements slowed by the chief's actions, startled by the chief's actions.



　The Ogre Chief was sprinting through the forest with me in his arms.

''Citry-sama, please fly away from here!　Perhaps they are interfering with the transition with their impossibly dense magical power. If we can get away from them, we should be able to return to the demon world via transference.

Uh-huh. Okay!

　The chief threw me into the sky.

"Chief, you are in the demon world!

I'll hold them off here. I'm going to give you more time to...?　Mr. Citry!　It's back there!

What?

　I turned around to hear the chief's voice, and there it was...


No flying away.

　I had a demon.

　No, I am the devil.

　But the word "demon" was a good way to describe it.

　That thing cut off my wing with its sword.

"Lord Citry!

　The chief caught me as I fell.


''It's dangerous. We can't chase you if you don't have the markings of transference on you and you can't escape to the demon world.　It's the best thing I've ever found.

Sorry. I didn't see that attack coming.
I didn't know an ogre could grow a hand so big.

　The monsters have increased to three.

　The one who was fighting with the Chief, the one who interrupted my transition, and the one who cut off my wings before me.


''I can make your whole body bigger, not just your hands.
Yeah. I heard that some people can become like the Titans.

..........

　From deep in the forest, despair walked in.

　Two more buckets had been added to the list.

　A total of five monsters are surrounding me and the Ogre Chief.


　Maybe if I release the Demon King's power, I can defeat two of them.

　But it's impossible to defeat five of them.


''I mean, why is there a difference in the level of knowledge between us?

You know what?　It was built for combat, so it's not exactly Texan in that regard.

Hmm, not an exact copy.

The mainframe said it would allow me to have more personality and be able to handle more situations...

""Oh, yeah?"

　The five monsters began to converse with me and the chieftain as they surrounded me.

　It's as if their attention has been diverted away from us.

　I thought that we could take down one of the monsters and escape now, but...

It's too early to tell.

　I was stopped by the Chief who noticed that I was trying to release my powers.

　Indeed.
　I was in a hurry.

　These humanoids do not yet know my true power.

　I'm sure they'll get their chance to escape.



　That was a mistake in judgment.

　This was, in fact, my last chance.


We can't take a chance on them, can we?

Yeah, it's too strong.

Especially the lady.

I thought you were an ogre princess, but you're stronger than that.

Demon class?

No, are you a witch?

Let's call the mainframe.

"[O]kay!