Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I became a Demon King, I will aim for World Domination Chapter 131: Reign ①

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It takes ten hours to create the new smithing quarter. Moreover, I connect the smithing quarter and the second sector through a 【Transfer Array】, and convert all of the floors of the second sector into mines.

“…I completely used up the 9000 CP, huh?” (Shion)

“Yeah, but if it’s only that, 《Random Creation》――” (Yataro)

“I won’t use it.” (Shion)

Interrupting Yataro’s nonsense, I gaze at the completed quarter.

The smithies are set up right next to a water wheel, erected so that it would face a river extending into three forks. There are four smithies in total. All of them are large enough to allow more than ten people to work in them at the sa ti. If you peek in one of them, you’re first greeted by a huge furnace. tallic work platforms ― anvils are positioned close to the furnace. Each of the smithies is used for sothing else: one exclusively for Akira, one for weapon smithing, one for armor smithing, and the last one for all the other smithing jobs. In addition to the smithies, I also created 50 houses for the dwarves to live in within the quarter.

“The facilities are ready. Run a test by making an 【Iron Sword】.” (Shion)

“Got it.” (Akira)

Akira nods, and throws the provided 【Iron Ingot】 onto the furnace’s fire. Afterwards, she keeps molding the heated 【Iron Ingot】 into the shape of a sword, by skillfully using her hamr and tongs.

――Clang! Clang!

The sound of tal clashing against tal reverberates through the smithy.

Akira strikes down her hamr, incises with the chisel, and shapes the blade with a grinder, while donning a serious look. She keeps changing and forming the forr lump of iron, the 【Iron Ingot】, into a sword.

“…Nn, not bad.”

After around half an hour of work, Akira hands the sword to .

Hmm… It’s still warm.

Unfortunately I lack the skill to appraise it, but sohow it seems to sparkle more strongly than an 【Iron Sword】 created with 《Item Creation》.

“Rina, what do you think?” (Shion)

I pass the Iron Sword to Rina, who has observed the smithing process with .

“Hmm…”

Rina swings the sword several tis, before bisecting a log I throw at her.

“I think it has a better cutting ability than an【Iron Sword】 created by you, Shion.” (Rina)

Rina lowers her eyes to the sword blade that just cut the log apart, and reports her experience of using it.

“Akira, can you also do stuff like remodeling or reinforcing, by the way?”

“As long as I have the materials.” (Akira)

“Rina, pass Dáinsleif.” (Shion)

“Whoa? Is it really OK for my sword to be first?” (Rina)

“I don’t mind.” (Shion)

I hand Dáinsleif to Akira, after receiving it from Rina.

“You’re going to use it?” (Akira)

“I’m Rina. Nice to et you.” (Rina)

As Akira looks up to Rina, Rina smiles and holds out her hand.

“Understood. Any demands?” (Akira)

“Demands?” (Rina)

“Weight, length, sharpness…anything.” (Akira)

“Let’s see…” (Rina)

Afterwards, Rina informs Akira of her requirents in great detail, while Akira nods silently.

“Understood. Shion, please give four 【Demonic Ores】, two 【Silver Sand】, and one 【Fla Stone】.” (Akira)

“Wait a sec.” (Shion)

I search for the items ntioned by Akira on my smartphone.

――!

“Are those really necessary?” (Shion)

“Yep.” (Akira)

500 CP were required to alchemize Dáinsleif, an extraordinarily low price for a unique item. Maybe it’s sothing like a teaser, to test out unique items. On the other hand, the 【Demonic Ores】 Akira ntioned just now cost 200 CP each. 【Silver Sand】 costs 25 CP, and a 【Fla Stone】 goes for 100 CP. In short, all in all, 950 CP are necessary.

“Can 【Demonic Ores】 be mined?”

“No idea. I alchemized it.” (Akira)

“Apparently silver ore will turn into 【Demonic Ore】if it sits for a certain amount of ti in a mine with high mana concentration ― or to be precise, a place where monsters above rank C live.” (Kanon)

What’s with those background settings…? It’s information you’d never find out if you didn’t invest BP into Knowledge.

That ans, it’d be smart to deploy many subordinates with a lot of mana in the second sector.

Whatever. I alchemize the items Akira asked for, and hand them over to her.

After receiving the materials, Akira first tosses the 【Fla Stone】 into the furnace. In response, the flas in the furnace blaze up, like they’re getting excited. Next Akira throws Dáinsleif and the 【Demonic Ores】 into the furnace’s fire, and starts beating them with her hamr.

Every so often she calls Rina over, and checks the shape of her hands, just to continue hitting Dáinsleif with her hamr afterwards.

Akira repeatedly strikes Dáinsleif with her hamr, and sharpens it with the grinder, as if fine-tuning it…and then, after twelve hours, she finishes her work.

“…Nn. Done.” (Akira)

We head over to the smithy after being called by Akira, and she hands over a sword that shines with a jet-black color ― Dáinsleif, to Rina.

“――!? T-This is…”

Rina’s eyes widen as she fixedly stares at Dáinsleif in her hands.

“Shion! Are there no enemies!?” (Rina)

“Right now a 《Pseudo-Peace》 is in effect.” (Shion)

“…I see.” (Rina)

When I inform the excited Rina about the current situation, she lets her head hang in disappointnt.

“Logs would be no problem?” (Shion)

“I won’t be able to demonstrate this guy’s…Dáinsleif’s evolution with logs.” (Rina)

“Is it that amazing?” (Shion)

“Amazing doesn’t even begin to describe it! The familiarity in my hands…no, it feels as if it’s unified with …!” (Rina)

Seeing Rina so excited, it looks like Akira’s reinforcent has succeeded.

I wonder whether I should ask her to work on my Gáelbolg as well…

Once I take out Gáelbolg, and direct my eyes at Akira, she says, “Impossible…tired,” and flops down on the spot out of total exhaustion.

There’s three hours left until the 《Pseudo-Peace》 cos to an end. I decide to postpone the weapon enhancent, and instead adjust my future plans.

Chapter 131 – Reign ①

Currently I’m ruling over 90 sectors. The areas under my control are: Kanezawa (though 30% is human land), the Kahoku District, Kahoku City, and Hakui City. Remaining in the prefecture’s north are: the Hakui District, Nanao, the Hosu District, the Kashima District, Wajima, and Suzu.

Based on that, the next invasion area is going to be the Hakui District, but――

“There’s too few, aren’t there?”

As far as I can see on the Domain distribution map that has been published online…there are six domains across the Hakui District with its area of 358 km². The number of Demon Kings in the area totals to two, one ruling over four sectors, and the other over two. 300 km² of land, which is equivalent to a bit less than 90%, belongs to humanity.

Areas with a low population that had already declined before the new world have naturally few people with an aptitude for 【Chaos】. I guess, as a result it has led to the phenonon I’m looking at right now, very little land was converted into Domains.

Now then, how should I go about this?

Considering the future, I want to turn the entire region north of Kanezawa into my Domain ― a safe zone, by conquering the prefecture’s north. This will allow to concentrate my defenses on the sectors in the south and east.

Until now, the human land enclosed by my Domain has automatically beco part of my Domain, but with so few Domains being in this area, it’ll be impossible to enclose the entire region.

In that case, the solution is ― 《Reign》.

『Reign: Rule a territory with a radius of 3000 ters as your own domain by creating and installing a true core. If there are people submitting to you within the range of its effect, it becos possible to welco them as new subordinates. However, if there are hostile entities within the range of its effect, reign will fail.』

Hrm, even after looking at the explanation, I don’t quite get the idea behind it.

And even after looking up information about Reign on 『Laplace』, I don’t find anything.

As I’ve got nothing to lose anyway, I might as well try asking…

I use the smartphone capable of accessing 『Laplace』, and start posting in the thread where the upper class Demon Kings gather.

２９７ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０５３６

I have a question for all of you senpai-sama. Have any of you used 《Reign》?

２９８ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００１３

Saburo, huh? It’s been quite a while since the last post.

The answer to your question is YES.

２９９ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００２７

The answer to your question ― ＹＥＳ *salute*

Uwaahh rofl. Sati, you’re so full of yourself though lmao.

３００ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００７７

Nina, stop flaming all of a sudden.

By the way, for it’s a no.

３０１ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０００７

Just when I wondered about a new post after a long ti, it’s you, Saburo-san.

My answer is YES.

For the flar Nina (ID:0027) to have responded is really bad luck, but the other three posters are Demon Kings who write gentle posts. It’d be great if I could draw out so information here by acting modestly…

３０２ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０５３６

I’ve been planning to enact 《Reign》 for the first ti, but do you have any advice for ?”

３０３ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００２７

Giving advice to your enemy!? roflmao Is your brain kinda f○ed up or sothing lol?

Nina responds the quickest to my question. He’s right, we’re in a hostile relationship. At the very least, Nina is going on my nerves so much that I’ll go kill him as soon as I find out his true identity.

３０４ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０００７

Nina, your point of view is valid, but we are the chosen elite, aren’t we?

How about being a bit more open-minded?

３０５ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００２７

Elites lmao. Seven, as always you’re on your elitist trip rofl. GJ on discrimination lol.

Having said that, I will give you just one piece of advice. Surround the neutrals.

３０６ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：００１３

You a tsundere!?

I suppose I’ll give my self-alleged junior a piece of advice as well. Go at it with a big army.

３０７ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０００７

Well, then you get one from as well.

Alchemize a gaphone.

I waited around five minutes afterwards, but the number of posts didn’t increase.

３０８ Naless Upper Class Demon King ＩＤ：０５３６

Surround the neutrals, go at it with a big army, and alchemize a gaphone, it is.

Thank you very much for your kind advice, honorable senpais.

I give my thanks to the Demon Kings who gave their advice, and logout of 『Laplace』.

Going by the map, the closest Domain is more than 10 km away. There’s plenty of room for the condition of 《Reign》, a radius of 2 x 3000 m, or in other words, a diater of 6000 m.

According to the explanation, it’ll be fine as long as there are no hostile entities within that 6000 m circle when performing 《Reign》, right?

To go at it with a big army, as ntioned by Sati, is probably for the sake of expelling any hostile forces.

The surrounding of the neutrals ntioned by Nina…is because the neutrals aren’t recognized as hostile entities or sothing like that?

The alchemizing of a 【gaphone】 as ntioned by Seven is…?

I select 【Item Creation】 on my smartphone, and look for 【gaphone】.

『gaphone: CP Cost: 5. Allows you to send your voice into the far distance by charging it with mana. Its effective range covers 3000 ters』

Its effective range is 3000 m. The range to be set up under the conditions of 《Reign》 is also 3000 m.

I don’t think this is a coincidence. 【gaphone】 is probably an item necessary for 《Reign》.

The effect of 【gaphone】 is just to send your voice into the far distance. How’s that going to help with 《Reign》?

For recomndation?

The explanation of 《Reign》 ntions 『If there exist people submitting to you in the range of its effect, it becos possible to welco them as new subordinates』.

I can encourage people within the area to beco my subordinates by submitting to by using 【gaphone】. I think that’s the theory here.

Well, even if I keep guessing, it won’t lead anywhere.

I begin preparing to shift towards enacting 《Reign》 as soon as the 《Pseudo-Peace》 cos to an end.

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