16 Level up




 Three weeks have passed since the fateful day.

 Thanks to some circumstances and the manipulation of information, he was currently living the life of a Demon King at his leisure.

 The reason for this was that the demons seemed to have moved out of some of the inviolable zones - the areas they controlled.

 Until now, it was a general rule that demons could only live in the inviolable zone.

 The Impenetrable Zone occupied a great deal of the world's land, and humanity was forced to face food and land shortages. If the situation continued as it was, warnings were being sounded that the human race would not be far from extinction.

 Nevertheless, would anyone challenge the dominant realm to chip away at their own lives? If asked, the answer was no.

 What little food we had and a life of restraint. But sooner or later, someone, someone else, not me, would solve the problem. And many human beings did not make a move.

 But that calm was broken.

 A strange monster that only inhabits the realm of the extraordinary, the realm of control, has invaded the sphere of our everyday lives.

 Most of the human race was dismayed. They thought that there was no safe place for them to live as it was.

 Then, they thought, at least, they would have the power to protect themselves and their loved ones.

 Many of the humans who had been standing on the sidelines, worried about their current situation at Level 1, were lured to the realm of control to raise the bar.

 Aided by this background, my dominion realm was packed to the brim.

 Humans set up a reception desk near the entrance to my controlled area.

 They managed the humans who invaded my area of control.

 What was managed was--

 One. Those who challenge the dominant domain must apply for a level in advance and fill out the acceptance form.

 ii. Allow a minimum of six hours after the previous attacker has entered the area to attempt the challenge.

 iii. When you return, report to the receptionist. At that time, report the status of the acquisition of the treasure chest.

 iv. All events within the realm of control are the responsibility of those who challenge them.

 The above was politely posted on the internet.

 I was to be prepared for four assaults a day according to humanity's self-imposed control.

 The arrangements are perfect. Now all that's left is for our side to establish a balance.

 The point is not to fight back. The point is not to fight back too much, but to reward them in moderation, to encourage their eagerness to succeed.

 If we wipe out the invading humans, the next invader will not appear. On the other hand, if I can't defeat one of them, I'll lose a lot of experience and I'll lose a lot of money.

 I'll adjust the invaders' survival rate to 80%.

 If 12 people challenge me, that's an adjustment that will take down 2 or 3.

 80% survival rate - if I try 10 times, I'll die 2 times. Or if you try with 10 people, 2 die.

 That's an impossible level of difficulty in a normal world. If this were a normal world, you wouldn't try it.

 The chips - lives - are too high.

 But this was not a normal world now. The price of life had plummeted - it was a cowering world.

 If one looked on the internet, the majority of the dominant realms had a survival rate of less than 50%, and some of the dominant realms had a 0% survival rate.

 With that background, my dominant realm, adjusted for an 80% survival rate, was well received.

 I fished humanity with slime and rats, sometimes setting up groups of wolves, sometimes goblins, and steadily taking out the lives of the invaders.

 In addition, the equipment of the Black Iron series, which appeared from a treasure chest every seven days, greatly fueled the invaders' gambling spirit. Incidentally, even if it was an outlier, they were still planting iron series equipment in the treasure chest at the rate of one per day.

 Things were going well. My life as a Demon King was smooth sailing.

 One day. One human being equipped with a black iron series weapon, four others with iron series weapons, and others with wood series equipment, all of whom were at least level 3, invaded the castle, but I managed to eradicate them with foul goblins and silver series kobolds and escaped from trouble.

 Did we fail to annihilate the high level humans? I was in a hurry, but when I checked online--

 103 Nameless Adventurer ID: masefse
 I heard that the brave men and women in Kanazawa have been wiped out.

 107 Nameless Adventurer ID: zsrfswa
 Don't let a brave man raid your earnings.

 113 Nameless Adventurer ID: msdresd
 You got carried away and went too far back, didn't you?

 142 Nameless Adventurer ID: sefbgrs
 Because he's a loser.

 And many people believed that the high level humanity had gotten carried away and gone too far into the depths of the city in a fit of pique and were wiped out, and the truth was buried in the dark.

 I mean, if you defeat a human being equipped with the Black Iron Series, you'll drop the Black Iron Series weapons?

 You can recycle them, that's a good deal.

 And as a result of eradicating 12 high-level adventurers - I got two major changes.

 One, my level has grown to 2.

 I was expecting to hear an announcement sound for the level up, but it was just a simple electronic sound like a text message ringing from my smartphone.

 The sound was disappointing, but the benefits of the level-up were significant.

 Benefit #1, the maximum CP was now 200. This increased the number of items that could be smelted. As a result, it led to a significant increase in battle power. At the same time, the amount of CP recovery increased from 10 to 20 per hour.

 Benefit #2, I gained 5 points of BP, I thought it was 1 point, but it was 5 points, so I was honestly happy.


 The other change - the goblins evolved.

 Three goblins had evolved into goblin archers!

 The goblins that evolved were goblins that were used heavily to toddle intruders.

 The details of its strength were unknown, but its rank grew from E to D. In appearance, he grew about 5 cm in height and his crusty skin was only slightly improved.

 Hmm. Until now, I've been operating with the idea that subordinate = expendable, but if I'm going to evolve, should I form an elite squad and concentrate on the role of tome?

 All the goblins that evolved were goblins that were equipped with bows. Is that why they are goblin archers? If it's a sword, is it a goblin fighter or a goblin knight?

 Other than goblins, the rest of the pack will evolve as well, right? I've been saving the Kobold for now, but should I raise it? It's a shame that I treated Wolf, who had let him play the role of a toddler several times before, as expendable....

 After going through this evolution, I began to ponder my future operations.

 After much deliberation, I decided to select the subordinates to evolve to.

 One is a goblin with an axe and shield, one is a goblin with a bow and arrow, one is a wolf, one is a kobold with a sword and shield, one is a kobold with a spear and shield, and one is a kobold with a spear and shield.

 Since there are no proper nouns in the group and I can't distinguish between them, the goblin with the axe and shield is given a blue hat, the goblin with the bow and arrow is given a red hat, the wolf, since he can't equip items, is dyed blue-white with training items, and the kobold with the sword and shield is given a black iron helmet I decided to equip the kobold with a spear and shield and equip the Silver Helm to sort out the individuals.

 I was also curious about the evolution of Slime, Rat, and Bat, but I decided that it would be difficult to get them to tome as a priority, so I decided to forgo them.

 All of the selected subordinates were placed near the treasure chest. A group of wolves and goblins equipped with bows and arrows drove them to the brink of death and ordered them to stab only the toddlers.

 The evolution of the subordinates had shaken my curiosity, which had been living the Demon King's life with little change, to a great extent.