By the time they headed to the arena, the 'Cutting Squad' led by Milo and the 'Hundred Beast Squad' led by Amanda were already in place.
The battle of "The Battle of the World" was over.
　As far as I'm concerned, Milo's 'Cut-In Squad' and Gilanka's 'Elite Goblin Squad' are the two strongest forces in this open exercise. Today it was Gilanka's squad that was defeated by Jessica's brilliant strategy, but they usually have almost no losses.
　And it's almost a 50/50 split between the 'Cut-In Squad' and the 'Elite Goblin Squad'. Since they are pretty much going back and forth in attack and defense, it takes a rather long time, and the damage to each other's troops is significant. This is why the burden on me is even greater.

"Drake, how did it go?

"As I thought, Milo-dono's 'cut-throat squad' is very strong. It was an overwhelming victory.

A crushing defeat...

　A small sigh at Drake's words.
　Indeed, as far as I can see, there seems to be little damage to Milo's 'incision squad'.
　To begin with, the 'incision squad' itself is a squad made up of humanoid giants such as Cyclops, Gigantes, Trolls and Golems. Although their levels are in the 90s respectively, compared to the animal-type demons that make up the Hyakkutantai, their ground strength is probably higher than the animal-type demons that make up the Hyakkutantai.
　Well, in fact, most of the demons are the ones who have the skills 'Physical Resistance' and 'Self-Renewal', so they are quite hard to hit. Instead, the drawback is that their overall magic resistance is low.

''So, what's next?''

Oh, here it comes.

Oh.

　First of all, let's just check the contestants and then go to recover the wounded - when I thought that, I turned my attention to the west gate.
　The only thing that emerges from there, originally coming out with the troops, is a single shadow.

''Fuhahahahaha!　Behold my majesty, and behold my victory!　O my people!

'Uh....'

　The one who emerged from the west gate was a puppy, especially one that doesn't currently have any subordinates.
　I'm going to entrust him with the 'Sorority Squadron', but for now, he's just a means of transportation for me when I'm out and about. By the way, the level is also quite low in my group, 66, the same as the first.
　To be honest, he's a puppy that can even be beaten by the members of the 'Cut-in Corps' and 'Elite Goblin Squad'.
　Why is he so high and mighty?

''Puppy-dono is doing well today, isn't he?''

For nothing.

　He's a wasted, service-minded puppy in the arena, happily wagging his tail, flapping his wings and blowing fire in the arena.
　To me, all I can do is look at them in dismay. I have a pretty good idea what's going to happen to him.

'Hahahaha!　Now, you fools who try to fight me, come out!

　Puppy shouts that to the east gate with a loud laugh.
　But the east gate remains silent, with no sign of anyone coming out.
　There is a rustle, and a questioning cry from the crowd.

''Have you been cowed by this me!　Then that's good!　Fearing the name of this greedy evil dragon, Grandizia, is not cowardly!　The wise choice... hmm?

　Yes, with the Puppy screaming.
　A shadow hovers over its body in the arena.
　The reason the exercise opponent didn't come out of the east gate was not because it was frightened or afraid of Puppy.
　The main reason for that - its body was far too huge to go under the east gate.

'Gran-chan... no, Puppy-chan, it was, wasn't it?

Why? I have an extremely bad feeling about this.

It's you.

　Its body is so huge that from outside the arena, you can climb over the huge wall and see inside.
　The strongest dragon of all time, the one that once marched into my country, and all the demons in the executive team, including me, managed to repel it.
　King Hydra--the nine-headed onee dragon, the King, was there.

''........Eh?　My opponent...?

Mmmm!

　With a shout from the King, its body bounced.
　The two thick legs - which supported its huge body - made a leap. With that alone, it shook as if an earthquake had struck the entire arena.
　Then King's body jumped across the arena's bleachers and into the center of the arena.
　With a thud, the huge body landed in the center of the arena, and the earth shook once more.

It's a bit small, isn't it? I'm not going to be able to frolic to my heart's content with this size!

Why are you my opponent?

Because you're all alone, aren't you, Pappy?　I'm all alone. I'm not in charge of any troops. That's why we have to fight amongst ourselves.

'I sense too much malice!

　The reason King wasn't entrusted with a troop was purely because one of them would be equivalent to an army.
　Rather, having a subordinate would interfere with King's march, and they would not be able to work together because they are too different in size to begin with.
　I discussed this with Drake and Jessica, and they told me, "The best way to use King-dono is to send him out in one piece at key points in the battle. To be honest, the truth is that it's too huge to handle.
　Because, hey.
　It's a huge body that takes up about a third of the arena where a hundred giant monsters can fight together.

It's a good idea to have a good time with them.

No one else in the world can compare to the size of Lord King.

Puppy's one of the bigger boys in my group, though.

　Puppy's size is such that five or so demons can fly on it, including me.
　But even with the Puppy, the King's size is beyond standard. There's a difference between an adult and a baby.

Come on, let's go!　Puppy!

No, no.

'Buruah!

　The King swings its nine heads around.
　Its huge mouth is so large that even a puppy could swallow it. And the fangs lined up are naturally the sharp ones of a dragon. And the dragon scales of the skill "Physical Resistance" level 80 are harder than even metal.
　Naturally, that strike would be fatal if it struck.

''Ugyaaah!

Nuh-uh!

Help me, help me, help me, help me!

　With a crashing sound, Puppy's body flew into the air.
　It didn't jump up with the wings on its back, it was purely a blow to the King's neck that sent it soaring.
　There, it is played by yet another neck blow. As it was, Puppy's body drew a parabolic line and flew out of the arena.

''........''

....

What?　Where's little puppy?

　I let out a small sigh at the settlement that was reached in an instant.
　Although I've had many demons as my companions, the strongest of my companions is still the King. To begin with, when I saw the information about the King in the Analysis, I thought it was unbelievable.
　I also thought that Puppy needed to be strengthened a bit more.

It's settled. Well then, Drake, I'm going to go recover my wounded.

Yes, I understand. Mr. Noah.

　Oh dear, it's recovery magic hell again.
　At any rate, Puppy has flown very far away, I'll have to summon a demon. I wonder if it's okay that Puppy is dead?
　Well, if it's not possible, I'll just head there.
　With this in mind, I was heading to the waiting room of the arena.

"Noah-sama.

What's wrong with you, Gilanka?

Ha. There is an elf of the gate guard at the entrance of the arena, sir.

An elf?

　He raises an eyebrow.
　It is the elven men who have the gate guarded. However, just in case someone strong enough to not be able to deal with the elven men comes, one of the demons in the level 90s has been deployed.
　Such an elf came to visit me.

''Who came?''

"Ha. The Elf said.

　Well, we're getting to the point.
　At this point, they're just too much trouble to deal with.

"He is an emissary of the Empire.

　Well, I wonder what this could be about.
　I'm getting a bad feeling about this.