I've logged off from Laplace, and I'm going to sort out what needs to be done.

　As for the infrastructure, I'm leaving it up to Miss Tamura and Sousuke. As long as I can fulfill their requests with "Item Refinement" while checking on them from time to time, there shouldn't be any problems.

　As for the invasion, we're not challenging a strong enemy at this point. We should have no problem leaving them alone.

　As for defense, it will take some more time to see the results of the strategy we discussed before.

　I've decided to put together a medium-term vision of the future.

　The first big event that is likely to happen is the war against the humans in Kanazawa City. I'm keeping a low profile since I'm currently at war with Kaoru, the Demon King in the south of the prefecture, but if they want to expand their control territory, this will be the first barrier they will encounter.

　The humans based in the southern part of Kanazawa City and Hakusan City were numerous. Moreover, there were also many high-level humans, as they were repeatedly fighting against Demon King Kaoru. If they challenged them with an all-out effort, they would not be defeated, but the bottleneck was the fact that there was a limit to the number of subordinates that could be sent outside of their controlled territory.

　There are two solutions.

　The first is to counter with numbers against numbers. Steadily increase the number of their subordinates to increase the number of subordinates they can send out.

　The first is to cultivate individuals who can outnumber them. The first is to cultivate individuals who overwhelm their numbers.

　As for the latter, there's also a way to explosively increase the power of the individuals - my own level.

　My current level is 18, and my accumulated BP is 47, which means I only have one more level to go.

　In other words, if I grow one more level, I can raise my 【Creation】 or 【Smelting】 rank to A.

　If you grow the 【Creation】 level, the created group will be stronger, and its strength will increase significantly.

　If you upgrade your character's Alchemy level, you will be able to award stronger items to your subordinates, greatly increasing your individual strength.

　Creation and Alchemy. I still haven't decided which one I'll grow. However, we should let them grow before the war with the humans in Kanazawa City.

　Just defeating the invading enemies will take too much time to level up.

　Should we level up?

　I've decided what I should do.


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　Once that's decided, we need to narrow down our expedition.

　I call the maple to my room.

'O-kan-sama, what?'
While you're handing out leaflets, I want you to scout out the area of control I'm about to tell you about.

　I tell the maple about some of the areas of control I've already marked out in advance.

'....far. What's the deadline?
One week.
Yes, sir.

　Kaede gave a small nod and disappeared into the shadows.

　The dominant territory that I told Kaede about this time is all the dominant territory in Toyama Prefecture. It can't be helped since there is no dominant realm in Ishikawa Prefecture that can be earned.

　The condition is that it must be a dungeon type, and it's a control realm that is deep in the hierarchy and ruled by a fairy-type demon king.

　The reason for choosing a dominant realm dominated by the Demon King of the fairy species is experience efficiency. The cost of CPs created by the fairy species, especially goblins, is light. Due to their nature, their defense tended to rely more on numbers. Ideally, the Demon King's domain with a low rank of smelting would be the dominant domain. A Demon King with a high physical body and magic power was out of the question from the perspective of experience efficiency. A high rank of smelting would not increase the experience of the enemy to be defeated, even though the durability and attack power of the enemy to be defeated would increase. The ideal demon king is a creation-specialized demon king. The higher the rank of the monsters that appear, the more delicious the experience value will be.

　The next thing you need to decide is which subordinates to accompany them.

　There are two options. Join Lina's troop or Chloe's troop.

　If you join Chloe's squad, she'll be happy. But it's not nearly as interesting. I'd rather see how the new kotes under my command work. Let's take Kanon along with us. I want Kanon to grow up to be Knowledge A as soon as possible.

　I've decided on the team I'm going to take with me.

　I had more time on my hands than I had time to spare, so I began the creation of the 【Livestock】 that Ms. Tamura asked me to create.


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　The next day.
　The deadline of 24 hours set by the administrator has passed, so I activate the 'Senior Demon King Thread'.


　50 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0007
　Looks like there are seven participants.

　51 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0027
　I don't know if you're eligible to participate in Ico or something like that after being so hot.

　52 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0013
　Elsewhere, Goro and Rhino are out of the race.

　53 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0027
　I doubt you were eligible to participate on the board before.

　53 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0007
　The previous board's eligibility for participation in the board was 50 or more dominant areas.
　It's possible that you couldn't meet it this time because it doubled to over 100.

　54 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0077
　Or "The Thirteen Deadly Stars".

　55 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0801
　What kind of things do we discuss on this forum?

　56 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0159
　Chit-chat?

　57 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0027
　Chit chat.

　58 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0077
　Small talk.

　59 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0007
　You can talk to me about other problems that only a senior demon king can have.

　60 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0027
　I don't know if the answer is true or not.

　61 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0536
　However, if the selection criteria mentioned in >1 are true, then what we have here is the Demon King or the 'Thirteen Deadly Stars' that control over 100+ dominant domains. If it's a trivial lie, it'll be found out immediately.

　62 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0027
　Saburo's blowing his seniority early on.
Thirteen Evil Stars.

　63 Unnamed Senior Demon King ID: 0536
Aside from the Thirteen Deadly Stars, there are only a handful of Demon Kings that control more than 100 dominant realms.
　I mean, there aren't even six of us. That means there's a 'thirteen evil stars' other than me.


　I mean, just tell me your name!　Reveal yourselves to the rest of us!

　I stare at the screen of my smartphone with the message board displayed, feeling somewhat irritated.

　64 Nameless Senior Demon King ID: 0007
　We'll tell each other who we are if we have to.
　Now, I'm looking forward to seeing all of you new Senior Demon Kings!


　The rest of the day was filled with nothing but idle chatter.