Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Otherworld Demon King Survival Guide.

Episode 205: Reunion (8)

So, we sent Vanessa as a spy and began preparing for the battle in earnest.

If the Holy Maiden came this way, a conflict with the humans was inevitable.

This time, we couldn’t just let it go. We had to face an armed and trained army. Although we had gained a lot of experience so far, this would be the toughest battle yet.

“Buril, now we have to fight humans. Got it?”

“Keruk. I’ve been thinking about it. I’ll smash all those humans to pieces.”

Buril said confidently, as if it were nothing. But it’s not easy. Buril had only experienced victories so far.

He didn’t know the fear of humans.

“Hehe, it’s not as easy as it sounds, you idiot. Simply put, Buril, humans are trained just like us. They are not easy opponents.”

“Keruk. I’ve heard it many times, but it doesn’t feel real. Can’t we win as long as we have infantry formations?”

“Overconfidence is forbidden. Anyway, focus on military training from today. Divide into two teams and train by clashing formations.”

“Keruk! Understood, Master!”

Meanwhile, Vanessa was also diligently participating in military training. She came up with ideas on how to deal with the human army and set the direction for the training.

So we could win no matter what happened.

As long as we didn’t let our guard down.

“Juria, go hunting as usual and do combat training. Act like you’re attacking the rear if possible.”

“Yes, I will, Master.”

Juria, who gracefully bowed, was very reliable.

In front of us were humans. And behind us were dark elves and lamias. This was quite a difficult situation. But depending on what I did, all the beings behind me would become my allies.

“Nekri! Now, let’s assign tasks to the dark elves!”

“What… what tasks… I’ll do everything.”

After continuous holy torture routines, the dark elves had all become docile. They would follow my orders without a word.

“For our dungeon, unlock the skills of the dark elves. Like construction, clothing making, and metallurgy. Show everything you can do.”

“Construction, clothing making, and metallurgy?”

“Yes. And farming.”

“They… they should all know, but the facilities…”

“We have facilities here too. Let’s combine them and develop together.”

“Understood. I’ll do as you say.”

“You are so obedient, Nekri.”

“Ugh…”

As I praised her by stroking her head and ears, her face turned red. Women were best when trained.

“Then gather the dark elves and classify their skills. I’ll check later.”

“Yes.”

As long as they knew how to do something, it’s fine. There’s labor in the demon castle. Hobgoblins, pixies, and if we combined the skills of the dark elves, it should improve somewhat.

“Gyuil!”

“Gyusam. Did you call?”

“Do you remember the mother kobold we captured last time?”

“Yes, Gyusam.”

“Are you taking good care of her?”

“Gyusam. She gave birth to many babies.”

“Good. Once they grow up, I’ll cast a control spell. Take good care of both of them.”

“Understood. Gyusam.”

Gyuil went away, twitching his mouse-like snout. As I was assigning tasks, Nekri reported that she had completed the classification.

“Then let’s go see.”

“Yes…”

The gathered dark elves.

“Dark elves with farming skills. Who are they?”

“T-this way.”

“Hmm.”

A dark elf with a docile impression raised her hand.

“Do you know how to farm?”

“Yes… I learned it…”

I had heard from Ruby. Dark elves tended to learn one skill and stuck to it.

“We’ll be farming soon, so let’s see. Be ready to lead.”

“L-lead? Me?”

“You have no choice.”

As I immediately reached out and squeezed her butt hard.

“A-alright…!”

The dark elf, who immediately lowered her head, answered meekly. The creation of farmlands was temporarily delayed due to the appearance of dark elves. We needed to increase the troops while we had time.

“Alright. Now, those who know construction, clothing making, and metallurgy. One representative from each, come here.”

“…Yes.”

At my words, one representative from each group gathered.

Construction skills would be used to build structures on the farmland. Clothing making was essential, and metallurgy was also crucial.

“First, metallurgy. Do you know how to do it?”

“I learned it, so I know.”

“Coincidentally, we have equipment in our dungeon. Focus on metallurgy from now on.”

“…Understood.”

I assigned tasks to the now-docile dark elves and immediately guided them to the site. Clothing making and metallurgy were being handled by pixies and hobgoblins.

If we placed these dark elf technicians there, we could improve our tech.

“Good.”

So, while utilizing human resources in such a way and improving tech, we prepared for war. Such days passed by.

After roughly completing the preparations, I went to look around the farmland with the dark elves. We had left it halfway done last time, so weeds had grown. Nevertheless, it looked very good.

“Ah… Here. If we just remove the weeds and plow the soil a bit, it will be fine. Since some work has already been done, we can start quickly if we have seeds…”

“Is that so?”

Fortunately, we had taken farming tools and seeds when we raided the dark elf village.

“So we just need to remove the weeds and plow the soil. Are you sure?”

“Yes… It’s good land…”

“Sharan, what do you think?”

“Yes, Master. Doing that will be better.”

“Good. Hobgoblin.”

“Yes.”

“Unpack the supplies we brought. Get started.”

“Understood, yes.”

Immediately, the hobgoblins removed the skins covering the cart they had brought. Inside were the farming tools of the dark elves.

“Hey, follow the instructions of that dark elf to remove the weeds and plow the soil a bit. Then start. Gyuil, help with the kobolds.”

“Gyusam. Understood.”

Today’s workers were hobgoblins and kobolds.

And dark elves.

“Then, please take care of it. Start now.”

“Yes…”

The dark elf immediately picked up the farming tools and began giving instructions to the hobgoblins.

“Master, but if the humans are going to attack, is it okay to farm here?”

“Of course not. But Sharan, we need to succeed in farming here to increase our troops.”

Recently, we haven’t been able to increase our troops because of the food problem. We needed to farm to increase our soldiers, but danger was everywhere. Moreover, this place was a bit far from the dungeon. It’s harder than guarding the front yard.

“We have to try even if it’s difficult.”

If we started fighting the humans in earnest, it would be too late.

We need to prepare in advance.

“Sha… Having many subordinates means a lot of hard work.”

“Indeed.”

“I will comfort you, Master. Shasha.”

Sharan clung to me and massaged my shoulders, acting cute. It really put my mind at ease.

“Hehehe, thank you, Sharan.”

Anyway.

Once we started farming, we needed to set up some palisades around. I planned to call the lizardmen, who were living leisurely by the lake, to guard this place.

“Ah, also. Over there. I want to build something like houses for the people living here and some watchtowers. Decide where to build them and let me know.”

“Understood.”

The dark elf with construction skills answered meekly and started looking around. There were plenty of materials.

“Hehehe.”

I was looking forward to it. If we could produce food, we could increase the size of our troops without any problems. The more labor we had, the faster we could develop.

We spent our time focusing on military training, stockpiling supplies, producing food, and improving our technology.

“It’s been a while since Vanessa left.”

“I’m very worried.”

“Me too.”

Lumica expressed her concern beside me.

“Could something have gone wrong?”

“Yeah.”

It wasn’t just Lumica. Reika, Irene, Liza, and even Ruby were all worried. Although the pixies had safely escorted Vanessa to the border and returned without any issues, Vanessa was on a solo mission.

“Maybe she ran away!”

“Shh! Lilriel! You’ll get in trouble for saying that!”

“It might be a bit negative, but it’s a necessary prediction. At times like this, we must think of the worst-case scenario—”

“Lilriel! Are you going to talk like that? We protected Vanessa so well!”

“I didn’t mean it that way…”

Serinu snapped at Lilriel’s words.

“Now, now. Serinu, calm down. It’s okay to have some bad thoughts, right?”

“Still… Vanessa will be fine. Right?”

“Of course. She’ll be fine.”

I reassured Serinu and also calmed myself. Vanessa was a capable woman. She would be fine.

“Alright, then. Let’s start today’s meeting—”

“Keruruk! Buril! Buril!”

“Hmm?”

Just then, we heard a goblin’s voice from outside the conference room.

“Something’s up! Buril, quickly arm the troops!”

“Keruk! Understood!”

-Phaphap!

Buril immediately dashed out the door.

“Keruk! You! Why did you call us?”

“Kerururuk! Buril! An Evil Eye has appeared!”

“Evil Eye…! Master! It seems your sister Karuti has arrived!”

“Oh damn! Karuti! Wait here for a moment!”

Has Karuti sent news again!

-Paat!

I immediately dashed out, shouting at the goblin to guide me quickly. When I got outside the dungeon, as expected, an Evil Eye was waiting for me.

“Kyuse oppa!”

“Oh! Karuti! Come inside first!”

“Okay!”

I immediately grabbed the Evil Eye and headed to my room.

“Karuti! Greetings later! What’s the matter?”

“It’s about the Holy Maiden and Vanessa!”

“Great!”

It seems she has made contact with Vanessa!

“The Holy Maiden has reached the vicinity of the barony ahead! We are supporting Vanessa! Vanessa is stationed nearby, monitoring the Holy Maiden!”

“Oh!”

That’s great!

“We will see her soon!”